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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Always cracks me up when private school parents want to compare their schools against 'those generic publics' but never against a TJ or a Maggie Walker.

How about we discuss this.  A B- at TJ would be the equivalent of an A at a private school.

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Yep. [/quote]

It displays a fundamental misunderstanding of how colleges look at these schools too. A regional rep doesn't look at what another poster described as something like "the top 10 private schools in the area". They have a broader geography. A top 8 or 9 private high school here is simply not very prestigious. It's maybe a top 200 private school nationally. We don't even have a top 20 private high school here.

AOs have stats on how kids do from x high school perform at their college - for schools on their radar. A regional rep isn't saying "here are my public school apps" and "here are my private school apps". They look at high schools as a group, but they have a list of high schools they've had good luck with in the past. In an area like ours, the top 10 schools would be 4 private, 2 religious, 4 public. And then they have thinner folders (not literally) from other schools with a few apps or many apps but just a few realistic apps or athletes, etc. When they then move back from the recruiting stage to the reviewing stage, those schools are placed within their larger geography. Where they may have 100 high school that are feeders. I think Northern Virginia peeps think we hold our own against other east coast cities, but eh.

Anyway, I haven't had this job in awhile, but it's still mostly the same and I'm writing too much, but just to say, Regional AOs do not look at public vs private. They look at schools that do well at their college. And then stellar apps that jump out from schools not on their radar (which is harder to do). So yes, TJ and the top privates are looked at probably on the same day. Also, TJ etc obviously holds its own against a regional pool. I'm afraid people here overestimate how a number 8 or 9 private school here holds its own against a regional pool. [/quote]

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